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Palm Computing Files a Lawsuit
Against Microsoft Over 'Palm PC'

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Lisa BranstenThe Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition

Updated March 5, 1998 12:16 a.m. ET

The 3Com Corp. unit that makes the PalmPilot hand-held computer said it filed suit this week against Microsoft Corp. in Italy and Germany over the software giant's use of the name "Palm PC" for a category of hand-held devices Microsoft announced in January.

Donna Dubinsky, president of 3Com's Palm Computing Inc. unit, said the suits allege that Microsoft violates her company's trademark. She said Palm Computing decided to attack the software giant first in Europe to stop the launch of similarly named products from...